Bizarre habitsSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "Until I pointed it out, my other half use to hang out the washing making sure that both pegs were the same colour. Now she goes out of her way to make sure they never match." Tell us about bizarre rituals, habits and OCD-like behaviour.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 12:33)
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if you want to take it a step furtherMy basic-model handheld GPS will display local sunrise / sunset times, which should let you correct for your movement on-the-fly over the course of the day; for example if you were travelling but didn't know your route. After all, not everyone will be in the same place during a given days sunrise and sunset.
I have to say, though; I've never really tested the readings mine gives. There's at least three different definitions of dawn, and I don't know which Garmin uses*. Also, I don't know if it factors in user altitude; if you started your day on the coast, but finished camping 1000ft above MSL, I expect your daylight would seem a little longer than if you stayed low.
Without me taking it outside to sync up; it says sunrise is 04:41 and sunset 21:50 for its most recent nav fix (a lovely visit to NY 519 787 , 55ᵒ06'04.2" by 002ᵒ45'11.74" ).
* I love the expression "Civil Dawn". It conjures up images of the sun going "I say, chaps; would you mind awfully if I just shone here a little? I'll be out your way in no time. Thanking you so much!"
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